倡

倡 U+5021, 倡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5021
← 倠
[U+5020] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 倢 →
[U+5022]

Translingual

Han character

倡 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人日日 (OAA), four-corner 26260, composition ⿰亻昌)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 108, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 783
  • Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 177, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5021

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 倡

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 倡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script

s05852

Transcribed ancient scripts

L24011

L24012

L24013

L24010

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (昌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
昌 *tʰjaŋ
倡 *tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs
猖 *tʰjaŋ
菖 *tʰjaŋ
閶 *tʰjaŋ
鯧 *tʰjaŋ
裮 *tʰjaŋ
琩 *tʰjaŋ
唱 *tʰjaŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 昌 (OC *tʰjaŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Note: coeng1 - common variant.
Rime
Character 倡
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 尺亮切
Baxter tsyhangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕʰɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕʰiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕʰiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /cʰɨaŋH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕʰiaŋH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕʰĭaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 coeng3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 倡
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chàng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsyhangH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mə-tʰaŋ-s/
English to lead (in singing)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 倡
Reading # 2/2
No. 1258
Phonetic
component		 昌
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 唱
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰjaŋs/

Definitions

倡

  1. to lead (a chorus); to introduce
  2. to sing
  3. to advocate; to recommend; to encourage; to promote; to propagate

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 倡
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 尺良切
Baxter tsyhang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕʰiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕʰiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /cʰɨaŋ/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕʰiaŋ/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕʰĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 coeng1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 倡
Reading # 1/2
No. 1250
Phonetic
component		 昌
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 昌
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰjaŋ/

Definitions

倡

  1. † professional singer and dancer
  2. † musician; actor; entertainer; performer
  3. † Alternative form of 娼 (chāng, “prostitute”)

Compounds
  • 俳倡
  • 倡優／倡优 (chāngyōu)
  • 倡女
  • 倡家
  • 倡寮
  • 倡揚／倡扬 (chāngyáng)
  • 倡條／倡条
  • 倡條冶葉／倡条冶叶
  • 冶葉倡條／冶叶倡条
  • 妍倡
  • 幸倡

Japanese

Kanji
倡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. prostitute

Readings

Korean

Hanja

倡 (eum 창 (chang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倡: Hán Nôm readings: xướng

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